AAM-3 or AIM-9M?

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I should not have to explain English to someone on this forum but here goes:

The context of what I was directly replying to, user says "AAm3 “is not rly 40g”

I say: “How isn’t it?” which means I am asking him “how is the AAM3 not a 40g missile”

This means I am saying the stat IS 40g for g-tolerance… because it is…

You then go on to insert the separate idea you created in your head that I was saying the missile “pulls like a 40g missile!!!111” like I’m some plebian who again, still thinks g-tolerance is the predominant factor in missile agility.

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Asking someone to explain their statement is not normally used as a method of agreement. Especially when the question is done in an open manner such as yours. You should’ve initially specified upper G-tolerance and not left it ambiguos if you wanted to specify that you were arguing with it as a theoretical upper maximum; Given the discussion so far had been on effective turning performance.

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Thanks! you! explained! it! very! well!!!

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I tried to be simple, theyre different irl but in game at least theyre the same - AAM-3 is just better

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Ik exacly what that means but u dont know whats fin aoa
The fact that u only look at the stat card says it all about u

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How do you come to this conclusion? Genuinely crazy

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Cuz u said this is a 40g missile
Which is not
It pulls 1 or 2 more gs then 9m

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Because the g-tolerance is, in fact, 40g. What do you think this stat means exactly?

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G limit?
Like it says?
And how can u tolerance 40gs if u cant reach them?

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AAM-3 is best to use on the 15J and 15MJ

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It means that the missile itself accelerates and turns with 40G, not you :P

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AAM3 is better than aim9 currently. Aim9 is bugged in rear and front aspect. I get more kills consistently with the AAM3 in all aspects than aim9. I only use Aim9 for top-down attacks.

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Tbh id argue the AAM3 is just better regardless that extra range it gets is huge vs the 9M

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AAM-3 is just straight up better, they have a copy paste IRCCM, seeker shut off where it detects a flare and turns of the seeker flying on IOG for a few seconds, then turns back on and tries to reacquire the target. But AAM-3 has far lower drag, giving it far better range and a higher G overload.
Absolutely no reason to take AIM-9M over it.

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Also tip for everyone: 9L/I-1 is better than 9M. The only difference is that 9M produces much less smoke, and 9L/I-1 like the regular missile leaves a trail behind itself, which is the advantage. When your enemy see the 9M going for him, he will just overcome its IRCM by deploying flares. When you shoot a 9L/I-1, it’s very hard for him to understand the model of the missile, so he will probably (around 90% of cases in my research) go 3/9 and try to avoid it as he think this is ARH missile. As I noticed, in the heat of battle enemies can’t react to 9L not going away, so they catch the missile even if it’s shot from 6km. Against pro players or just regular players who knows something this works perfectly, so If you have an opportunity to take 9L/I-1s — take them over 9Ms. I could be wrong, but if it works — why not use it? ;)

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Why would you use the aim-9 for top attack? The AAM-3 is still just better for it as long as you’re not flying straight down at like mach 1.3

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I legit only use the aim 9 when I fly straight down at mach 1.5 to an unsuspecting plane multipathing. That’s the only way I’ve gotten reliable kills with the aim9. The F2 can’t fly as the eurofighter but the AAM3 is better both back and front in my experience.

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Ahh yep then the one proper use case for the 9M over the AAM-3.

(For anyone wondering, the AAM-3 only turns better from low speed launches, so in launches like this with tons of excess energy the 9M can actually turn inside, and from straight down at high speeds ithe AAM-3’s extra range isn’t needed.)

Although that being said, imo turning in every so slightly more in one specific scenerio isn’t enough to make me take the 9M over the AAM-3.

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